Means for producing lubricating-bearings.



I. J. RANDALL. MEANS FOR PRODUCING LUBRIGATING BEARINGS.

APPLIOAYI'ION FILED 0011.30, 1907.

Patented Oct. 12,1909.

'0 Q Q Q- o o I O-OOQCJ'O OQOQQOO UNITED strnfrns PATENT canton /F R.ANK J. RANDALL, OF LOS ANGELES, CALI F ORNIA.

MEANS FOR :cnozonorne LUBRIoA'rrite-BnARmes.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Got. 12, 1209.

Application filed October 30, 1907. Serial No. 399,933.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. RANDALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Means for Producing Lubricating- Bcarings, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide in the simplest and cheapest manner for journal boxes an antifriction bearing consist ing of Babbitt or other bearing metal containing lubricating tablets or bodies; at. the same time making provision against any liability of binding upon the journal.

Another object is to provide means whereby the bearing metal may be cast without obstruction around the lubricating tablets or bodies.

Another object is to rovide means whereby lubricatin bodies very slight thickness can be re'adiiy incorporated in the bearing face of a journal bearing.

- The invention includes a sheet adapted to be conformed to the journal, and lubricating" tablets or bodies detachably attached thereto, whereby when the sheet is applied against the journaland the same is brought to position inside the journal-box the lubricating bodies will radiate aroundthe journal into the space between the journal and its box so that when the Babbitt or other metal for forming the bearing is -ponred into the box the lubricating bod' thereby and the babbitt can wholly fill the otherwise unoccupied space in the box.

A further object of the invention is to facilitate the production of solid lubricating bearings and to make provision whereby there will'be no interference to the How of the babbitt over the face of the bed or supporting surface which is to support thebab- 4 bitt when the hearing has been cast, so that when the bearing has been-cast itwill be solid throughout and will contain'the lubricating bodies or buttons properly disposed on and in the bearing surface; and this is done by providin a sheet which, in the process of casting t e babbitt in the bearing,

L will hold the lubricating bodies free from the bed or face which is to form the support of the babbitt after the same is cast, so thatwhen the casting of the babbitt hasvbeen effected a solid body of babbitt Will'restupon' said support.

I have discovered thatthese objects may les will be surrounded be attained by providing for the lubricating buttons or bodies a support in the form of a sheet which is detachably bonded or fastened to the surface of the lubricating buttons that is to come into contact with the body to novelty may appear from the subjoined description.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention. v

. Figure 1 is a cross-section of a journal and its box with cap thereon, with babbitt poured all around the journal. Fig. 2 is a plan of a lubricating sheet embodying a part of this invention. Fig. 3 is a section on line w='-:n Fig. 2 the thickness of the paper being exaggerated.

- 1 is a sheet of paper which is adapted to be bent onto and to fit the journal and may be of any desired thickness and kind, as for instance, common writing paper, wrappingpaper, Manila paper, asbestos paper, etc.

I a 2 designates lubricatingbodies of graphite or other solid" or semisolid lubricant de tachably afiixed to one plain surface of the paper. said apcr being detachabletherefrom, either y reason of its own weakness, or the weakness of the bond formed between the same and the lubricant;

8 is ajournal, 4- a box; 5 a cap 6 the bearing metal; 7 the screws that fasten the cap and box together, and 8 the paste board or other fillers between the box and cap.

Inpractice, the lubricant may be readily attached to the paper by applying the same while in a plastic state, to, the paper and allowing the lubricant to becomeset thereon. Iii-this manner thelubricant upon hardening becomes suificiently attached, being adhesively connected to the paper to ho d its place and radiate therefrom and from'thejournal when the sheet of paper is ap lied against the journal and fastened t erearo id. The lubricating sheets thus manufactured may be placed on the market for the use of those having the care and attention sheets, cut ofi' enough to go half Way or en,- tirely around the journal and not quite but?" almost equal in length to the length of the journal ;-say inch or so shorter. He will then wrap the journal therewith, the paper being in contact with the journal, and will fasten the sheet with wire, with string, or with an adhesive, as glue on the paper by which he may stick it on tp the journal which hewill then lay in the boxes, and will proceed to pour tih'e i bearing metal in the usual way; or he may cut oil enough to go all .around the journal} circumference and fasten the same with glue, string, or fine wire, then place the journal and its coating in the box and proceed to babbitt-the same as in the ordinary way. The cap can be taken ofi by simply breaking the paper. \Vhere the cap and box join together, the operator may have to pick the lubricating buttons or bodies off so that the packing may be set up against the shaft to divide the bottom box and the cap. He may then pour the molten bearing metal the same as in the usual way. He may then break the paper on each side to get the cap off. After the Babbitt or other bearing metal has been poured, the journal may be removed and thc'paper torn off or scraped out, whereupon the journal may be replaced and the bearing is ready for .use, the approximately smooth plain paper face, having served to mold the bearing metal to a true surface with which the lubricant faces are flush. The sheet 1 by which the solid lubricating bodies 2 are held as above stated, serves to accommodate the change ()fjiZQcklHSMl lrymmtrzmtion,

Wem'cooliil g of the metal which forms the l'iearing, so that when the paper has been removed aftcr the hearing has been cast, the hearing will tit the journal without bimling. For lubricating flat surfaces for slideways and the like, ,the lubricating sheet will be applied flat to the surface to be lubricated, and the diabbitt or other metal will be pouredonto the sheet and around the lubrieating bodies in the manner well understood in the art. Then the sheet may be stripped off of tlmbearing surface.

By the means shown lubricating bodies of very slight thickness may be im-orporated at slight. expense in the hearing face. Since one face of each of the lubri ating bodies is in contact. with and is fastened to one fare of the Sheet, and the sheet is of uniform thickness, the stripping off of the sheet from the bodies, when the bearing metal ha been cast therearound, leaves a true bearing ace having permanently embedded lubricating 'bodies.

For casting boxes of bronze, brass, or other metals of high melting temperatures the asbestos paper will resist the necessarily high heat. The sheet may be of any material on the surface of which the lubricant can be fastened. Thin cloth treated with heat resisting or other ffillers or otherwise fitted for the purpose may be employed where necessary or desirable with greater or less degrees of success. i

It is thus seen that the lubticating bodies are detachably aflixed to a bendable sheet.

-having a surface sutiicieutly dense to be impervious to molten Babbitt metal or the like, so that semi-solid lubricating bodies may be embedded in the metal portion of the hearing, and may be exposed oh the inner face of such bearing, and the bendable sheet may be stripped from the concave surface of the metal bearing and from the lubricating bodies, thus leaving a smooth concave bearing surface having semi-solid lubricating bodies exposed therein which do not extend entirely through the babbitt. i if I claim 1. A bendable impcri'orate sheet having a dense surface and lubricating bodies detachably iatlixcd to said surface on only one side of the sheet substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A. bendable sheet impervious to molten iabbitt metal and lubricating bodies adhesively connected therewith on only one side thereof substantialt' and for the purposesct forth.

A sheet of paper provided upon one face with lubricating bod ics stuck thereon..

4. A. sheet provided- WiTli lhbi'icatiug deed-iris, a ac'of each of which is fastened to one face of said sheet; said sheet being adapted to be torn from the lubricating bodies when such bodies a re emlwdded in the met a] of a lwaring.

5. A. sheet and lubricating bodies'slnufed apart on a plain face thereof, a face of each of said bodies being in contact with and tastened to said fare of said sheet.

6. A sheet of asbestos provided with lubricating bodies thereon.

7. Lubricating bodies and a vsheet of ashestos paper for holding the same spaced apart.

r in testimony whereof, l have herennt set my hand at Los Angeles, talil'ornia, this 21st day of October. 1907.

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